Tatyana Felgenhauer


Tatyana Vladimirovna Felgenhauer is a Russian journalist, correspondent and presenter of Echo of Moscow radio station, and its deputy editor-in-chief.

Biography

She received the Moscow Prize in the field of journalism in 2010.
The participant of the protest actions against the falsification of the elections in Bolotnaya Square and Sakharov Avenue, covered the events on the air of the radio station.
On October 23, 2017, a man with a knife forced his entry into the building of the Echo of Moscow radio station and wounded Felgenhauer in the neck. The attacker was a native of Georgia Boris Grits, a 48-year-old with dual Russian and Israeli citizenship. A report on Russian television during the month accused the radio station, and Felgenhauer directly, of working to benefit foreign interests in Russia. Police treated the attack as an attempted murder.
Actress Meryl Streep during the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards ceremony from the stage stated that she admired the work of Tatyana Felgenhauer, Julia Ioffe and Masha Gessen.
In December 2018, she was included in Times Person of the Year 2018, as one of The Guardians, a collection of journalists from around the world in their fight for the War on Truth.

Family

Born with the surname Shadrina, the military analyst Pavel Felgenhauer is her stepfather.
She is divorced and has no children.